image: An example of slab avalanche showing the area of release. The snow in this area starts moving as one piece. This image relates to an article that appeared in the July 11, 2008, issue of Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Joachim Heierli and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh, UK, was titled "Anticrack Nucleation As Triggering Mechanism for Snow Slab Avalanches." view more
Credit: Image courtesy of A. Duclos, www.data-avalanche.org